Even OWN is getting into the true-crime thing, though naturally with a more emotional twist, launching Confronting 10/9c, a docu-series about prison mediation in which victims and offenders come face to face.

The biggest TV news of the night comes from a network's news division, as NBC News launches Rock Center With Brian Williams 10/9c, the first high-profile network newsmagazine with serious intent to premiere in a long while, closer in tone to 60 Minutes than Dateline's lurid true-crime fixation.